Two Questions... First, Best Wireless for Feature?

[Joe_Kras]

Derek,

Watched your shorts. You've got some good stuff. Good shot composition, very good green screaning. I'm listening on cheap computer speakers, so all I can say definitively is that your sound doesn't suck. In the "Dad" movie I thought the dialogue had too much echo in it, like the mic could have been closer to the actors, but that might just be the speakers.

Much of getting good audio is not rocket science. And it is much less dependent on equipment then it is on technique and dedication.

Do keep posting.

 

[ptalsky]

Although I'm not a sound professional by any means I

Jeremy,

I always laugh every time you add this to your posts. You're at least as knowledgeable as many of the "professional" sound mixers I know. You may not have the experience (though I seriously doubt that too)...so your secret is out...you are a professional, even if you're not getting paid for it on a regular basis.

(I think I'm paraphrasing a line from a movie...but he was talking about a hooker...didn't intend there to be a similarity... ;-)

As far as the Yiddish thing goes...sorry bud...there are just times when no other word will fit...this was one of them.

;-)

Phil

 

[wabbit]

i won't post here again.

i'm just trying to make stuff i enjoy. sorry to be a pain.

To add to the choir: Please don't leave. None of the comments were meant to be taking offensively or were telling you to go away. They were just a detailed list of why asking repeatative questions will not get you the info you want. We got two stickies in the audio forum that should be considered minimal reading before posting. If after that you have follow up question or don't understand something from what you have read, ask away. No one wants you to leave or not ask educated questions (the education being reading the stickies and doing a thread search on your question).

Lastly, that Craiglist thing is an amazing resource. Just recently I had a producer who was putting together a pretty professional short and trying to get the local sound guys to come down to an unreasonable dayrate. I talked with a couple of the other sound guys he talked to and learned he found some kid on Craiglist who is just getting started to work for a lot less then what he was offering us (he tried to use the figure to drive down the price of one of the pro's; sorry that doesn't work, just pisses us off and puts you on our "do not bargin" list).

The lesson; I imagine that producer will get "decent" sound for a steal. He worked the system, hunted high and low and found someone who would do it for McDonald's money. If you are going to be a filmmaker you have to talk to and bargin with alot of people, securing locations and people that can do a competent job within your budget (you must have some budget if you are doing a serious professional project). Grabbing random buddies and assigning them different crew tasks will leave you with an amatuerish production. Getting amatuers that have an interest in a particular position and want to learn it will at least get you something usable (disclaimer: no guarentees on that). Spend the time and people skills to find these up-and-coming amatuers.


(DO NOT post a listing like this on Craiglist: http://seattle.craigslist.org/tfr/141553200.html You want a resume, you pay for it).

Good luck

 

[MrBirdBoy]

HowdyDoo ... The Batman one ... I pee'd my pants !!